Post by acnedriver on Oct 16, 2022 5:46:31 GMT
A West Belfast taxi driver has been praised for a kind-hearted gesture to his passengers that has left his family "hugely proud".
Gerard Maxwell, from Clonard, works as a taxi driver for Value Cabs and this week he decided to ease the pressure on those feeling the squeeze amid the ongoing cost of living crisis.
Instead of taking money for fares from his passengers, dad-of-four Gerard, 52, covered them for the day and told them to use the money towards their electric and gas bills instead.
It's a gesture that has impressed his whole family including proud daughter, Chloé, 20 who told Belfast Live: "On Tuesday, my daddy, a taxi driver, went out to work and every person he picked up in his car, he never charged them any money.
"He told them to use the money to put into their electric and gas and I think that was very good of him. He made so many people happy and they couldn't get over it"
www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/big-hearted-belfast-taxi-driver-25264525
Gerard Maxwell, from Clonard, works as a taxi driver for Value Cabs and this week he decided to ease the pressure on those feeling the squeeze amid the ongoing cost of living crisis.
Instead of taking money for fares from his passengers, dad-of-four Gerard, 52, covered them for the day and told them to use the money towards their electric and gas bills instead.
It's a gesture that has impressed his whole family including proud daughter, Chloé, 20 who told Belfast Live: "On Tuesday, my daddy, a taxi driver, went out to work and every person he picked up in his car, he never charged them any money.
"He told them to use the money to put into their electric and gas and I think that was very good of him. He made so many people happy and they couldn't get over it"
www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/big-hearted-belfast-taxi-driver-25264525